Rila Mountains

Bobi was very friendly and provided excellent guidance. Highly recommended 👌. The Rila mountain is wonderful

Well organised trip. Minivan comfortable n driver was good. On time to depart. Excellent briefing tips about mountain routes. Highly recommend this self guided tour. My friend & I enjoyed the trip.

Stunning scenery, great sense of peace. Viator made it all very easily accessible. A fantastic day out!

Beautiful lakes. Hiking is strennouos but worth it. Highly recommended. Nila monastary is magnificent.

The tour was amazing! Valentin was super patient with our pace and we learned a lot from him. We had a lot of fun.

We enjoy the order it was easy and rilabele. Also we found the travel guide pataya excelent!!!!!!!!!

Rila Mountains are a beautiful place. Our guide Petia provided an excellent service, from pick-up to drop-off.

An absolutely unmissable experience. The shuttle gives plenty of time to see both the Lakes and the Monastery both. The views from the top of the Lakes national park are unforgettable and well worth the climb to see

This was a great trip made even better by our tour guide Bobbi. He was very knowledgeable and very accommodating. The views at the lakes are amazing and worth the hike. It is challenging but well worth it and I would go again withbthis tour operator. Thank you for an amazing day.

We got engaged in absolutely amazing surroundings :). The trip was great. We had fantastic driver (bus nr 1) who was very knowledgeable and talkative and spoke good English. Bus was comfortable and there was more less enough time for everything. We could have done with half an hour longer in the 7 lakes but it was alright. Good price for amazing experience. We would definitely not be able to get there any other way. Strongly recommend the experience.

Rila Lakes should be pretty much the top attraction on TripAdvisor etc. Its stunningly beautiful. I'm 61 and well travelled and this is still one of the most beautiful places I have been. The trip allows you time to hike around all 7 Rila Lakes. The mountains are really spectacular. Its a 20 mins journey on a ski lift which just adds to the fun. Rila Monastery is also stunning and this trip means you arrive quite late in time for evening service when the monastery is less visited. Practical points. Have cash for the ski lift, 25 lev, plus toilets, 1 lev plus drinks etc. Bulgaria isn't a cashless society. The trek is quite challenging with extended uphill sections so do be sure you are fit enough. There's very limited chances to buy food and poor options so do pack your own lunch.

Bobby was the most wonderful tour guide. We spent a total of nearly 6 hrs in the van with him and is was so pleasant. We had about 5 hrs at the Rila Lakes that are absolutely beautiful and about 1 hr at the Rila Monastery. A few notes: 1. For anyone afraid of heights make sure you won't be afraid of a 20+ minute chairlift ride (very high up) in each direction to/from the Rila Lakes start. 2. The hike was mostly moderate but at times was intense with some snow so definitely come prepared with hiking shoes, water, sunscreen, food etc. 3. The Rila Monastery has a strict dress code (especially in the Church) so be prepared to cover up or be handed something to cover up with.